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Sunday, 27 June 2010

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On June 17th The Doctor's Parents arrived for their visit. They travelled by train and there is no through train from them to us, so I drove to one of the intermediate stations to save them some travel time and the hassle of two further changes. SatNav helped me find the way there!

I'd made a vanilla sponge for us to have that evening; I had some cherries with my slice:

...is what I speak. It describes what I actually say (nonsense, mostly) and how I say it (ie my accent, which is a mixture of all sorts - a bit of North of England, a bit of Irish, a bit of South West England, a lot of just me!) The word comes from my name, Mel, and the fact that I'm one-quarter Welsh. But there's not actually any Welsh in my accent. Go figure...